Four years after the phone scandal that rocked the UK media, Rebekah Brooks is returning to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
After days of speculation, News UK has today (September 2) confirmed she will return as CEO.
"I am delighted to return to News UK. It is a privilege to be back amongst the most talented journalists and executives in the business," said Brooks.
"I am confident that we can meet the many challenges of this digital age with a combination of cutting edge technologies and world-class journalism."
Shadow culture secretary Chris Bryant said Brooks's reinstatement is "Rupert Murdoch has sticking two fingers up to the British public" and those who had their phones hacked.
"However you cut it, his newspapers hacked thousands of phones and made money out of the private lives of ordinary members of the public who only came into the limelight because they were victims of crime," the Labour MP for Rhondda told The Guardian.
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"Hundreds of ordinary journalists lost their jobs when Mr Murdoch closed the News of the World, but it seems Rebekah Brooks is to get very special treatment."
Last summer, Brooks was acquitted of the four charges stemming from her time in charge of the News of the World - phone hacking, conspiring to pervert the course of justice, and two counts of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office.
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